2017–18 Ekstraliga (women's football)

The 2017–18 Ekstraliga season was the 43rd edition of the competition since its establishment. The Ekstraliga Kobiet is the top level women's football league of Poland.

Ekstraliga
Season2017–18
Dates5 August 2017 –
27 May 2018
ChampionsGórnik Łęczna
RelegatedUnifreeze Górzno
Sportowa Czwórka Radom
Champions LeagueGórnik Łęczna
Matches played162
Top goalscorerEwelina Kamczyk
(35 goals)
Biggest home winCzarni 10–0 Unifreeze
(9 September 2017)
Górnik 10–0 Olimpia
(18 November 2017)
Biggest away winUnifreeze 1–10 Górnik
(24 September 2017)
Unifreeze 0–9 AZS Wałbrzych
(19 August 2017)
Highest scoringAZS Kraków 4–8 Górnik
(11 March 2018)
2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

Medyk Konin were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in the previous season.[1] Sportowa Czwórka Radom were promoted from the southern group of the I liga having won the 2016–17 campaign.[2] Unifreeze Górzno were promoted from the northern group after finishing second behind Medyk II Konin,[3] a reserve team which cannot be promoted to the top tier.

The campaign began on 5 August 2017. The winter break started after the 14th matchday (18 November). The first match of the spring was held on March 10. The campaign was concluded on 27 May 2018.[4]

During the regular season, each team played 22 matches. After the 22nd round, based on their performance in the regular season, the clubs were split into two groups – the championship group (places 1–6) and the relegation group (places 7–12). Afterwards, each team played 5 more matches bringing the total to 27. The points scored during both stages were added up. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs were demoted to the I liga.

League tables

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Górnik Łęczna 22 20 1 1 103 19 +84 61 Qualification to the championship group
2 Medyk Konin 22 17 1 4 92 21 +71 52
3 Czarni Sosnowiec 22 15 4 3 52 15 +37 49
4 AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych 22 12 7 3 56 26 +30 43
5 UKS SMS Łódź 22 10 4 8 39 28 +11 34
6 Olimpia Szczecin 22 7 6 9 35 59 −24 27
7 Mitech Żywiec 22 6 6 10 26 41 −15 24 Qualification to the relegation group
8 AZS UJ Kraków 22 5 8 9 30 46 −16 23
9 AZS PSW Biała Podlaska 22 5 5 12 32 52 −20 20
10 Unifreeze Górzno 22 3 4 15 18 90 −72 13
11 Sportowa Czwórka Radom 22 3 4 15 16 68 −52 13
12 AZS Wrocław 22 3 2 17 21 55 −34 11
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Championship group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Górnik Łęczna 27 23 2 2 112 26 +86 71 Qualification to 2018–19 Champions League
2 Czarni Sosnowiec 27 19 5 3 60 15 +45 62
3 Medyk Konin 27 20 1 6 102 28 +74 61
4 AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych 27 13 9 5 64 34 +30 48
5 UKS SMS Łódź 27 11 4 12 46 39 +7 37
6 Olimpia Szczecin 27 7 8 12 39 72 −33 29
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Mitech Żywiec 27 8 8 11 35 48 −13 32
8 AZS UJ Kraków 27 8 8 11 36 56 −20 32
9 AZS PSW Biała Podlaska 27 7 5 15 44 63 −19 26
10 AZS Wrocław 27 7 3 17 41 60 −19 24
11 Unifreeze Górzno 27 4 5 18 27 105 −78 17 Relegation to 2018–19 I liga
12 Sportowa Czwórka Radom 27 3 6 18 21 81 −60 15
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Poland Ewelina Kamczyk Górnik Łęczna 35
2 Poland Anna Gawrońska Medyk Konin 19
3 Poland Emilia Zdunek Górnik Łęczna 16
4 Poland Marta Cichosz Czarni Sosnowiec 15
Poland Nikola Karczewska UKS SMS Łódź
Poland Małgorzata Mesjasz AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych
7 Poland Patrycja Balcerzak Medyk Konin 13
Poland Ewa Cieśla AZS PSW Biała Podlaska
Slovakia Patrícia Hmírová Czarni Sosnowiec
Poland Dżesika Jaszek Górnik Łęczna

References
  1. "Ekstraliga kobiet 2016/2017". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. "I liga kobiet 2016/2017, grupa: południowa". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  3. "I liga kobiet 2016/2017, grupa: północna". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  4. "Ekstraliga kobiet 2017/2018". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. "Najskuteczniejsze w Ekstralidze". Kobieca Piłka (in Polish). 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
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